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A blaze broke out at London's historic Somerset House on the River Thames. Dozens of firefighters are at the scene

British Foreign Secretary condemns settler attack on West Bank village

Israel FM told his counterparts from UK and France that Israel expect them to join an attack on Iran if it attacks Israel directly

British and French Foreign Ministers Arrive in Israel

French and British foreign ministers will arrive in Israel tomorrow for an urgent visit to try to prevent an all-out war in the region

British Foreign Secretary: It is in the interest of the Palestinians and Israel to reach an agreement as soon as possible

British Foreign Secretary after meeting his Saudi counterpart: We will work to reduce tension, cease fire in Gaza and release detainees

Saudi Foreign Minister discusses developments in Gaza and Sudan with his British counterpart in London

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Iranian President Pezeshkian had thirty minute long phone conversation this evening as part of global de-escalation efforts. UK asks Iran to stand down on its threat about a military attack against Israel

The Irish company Ryanair announced this morning the total cancellation of its flights on Tel Aviv routes until 26.8.24

Ten police officers injured as they dealt with several hours of disorder in Nailors Row in Derry/Londonderry last night

British Foreign Secretary: We are deeply concerned by Israel's decision to revoke the status of 8 Norwegian diplomats

Road now closed here in Belfast City Centre as counter protesters spill off the footpath @BelTel

A ‘significant policing operation’ will be in place ahead of planned protests in Belfast later

UK MOD says AUKUS nations have trialled AI swarm drones for the first time

An emergency meeting of the British government to discuss the wave of protests

British Foreign Secretary @DavidLammy calls India’s External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar to discuss situation in Bangladesh and West Asia

Just Elon Musk quote tweeting the co-leader of far-right party, Britain First, who is sharing a fake Telegraph headline.Seen by almost 1 million people in 15 minutes

The Northern Ireland Executive will meet here shortly at Stormont Castle. Later, the Assembly has been recalled to discuss the recent violence and disorder in Belfast. It is understood that Chief Constable Jon Boutcher will brief Ministers today

Britain allocates 14 million pounds sterling to support Syrian refugees in Jordan

View from inside the Beacon. Behind hundreds of counter demonstrators

UK issue new NOTAM recommending UK operators to not enter Beirut FIR "due to potential risk to aviation from military activity" NOTAM is in effect from today until November 4th

British Foreign Secretary: Israel and Lebanon are on the brink of war, and if we do not exercise restraint, we will see disastrous results

British Government: 6,000 members of the police force are in a state of readiness to deal with riots led by the extreme right

Disorder has broken out in the Sandy Row area of south Belfast. Riot police have been deployed @BelTel

New G7 member countries urge Iran and all the involved parties in the region to refrain from escalating the situation. “We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the EU, express our deep concern at the aerated level of tension in the Middle East which threatens to ignite a broader conflict in the region. We urge all involved parties once again to refrain from perpetuating the current destructive cycle of retaliatory violence, to lower tensions and engage constructively toward de-escalation. No country or nation stands to gain from a further escalation in the Middle East.” Statement reads

British Police: More than 370 people have been arrested since the protests began

Confirmation that an emergency Belfast City Council meeting will go ahead tonight. It is in response to the disorder in the city over the weekend

PM has held COBR with senior ministers, police, prison chiefs: - police working with National Crime Agency to tackle criminality, bot activity online, No10 says it may involve state actors; - PM spox condemns Elon Musk 'civil war' post: "No justification for comments like that"- says social media firms need immediate response, govt will consider wider framework in due course- Justice Sec, prisons service confident they have capacity to lock up rioters- police deploying additional resources at strategic locations- 70 extra prosecutors on hand at weekend to charge, 60 remand courts made available- condemns racist, Islamophobic targeting of Muslims- no discussion about army- spox says the UK does not have two-tier policing

Rioters are stoking up another bonfire on the main road to the Rotherham migrant hotel. It's Manvers Way, the A633, and it's flanked by homes on both sides